What is Vitamin D deficiency?
What is Vitamin D deficiency?
- Vitamin D deficiency: Deficiency of vitamin D.
- Vitamin D deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin D.
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Vitamin D deficiency: Introduction
Types of Vitamin D deficiency:
Types of Vitamin D deficiency:
Broader types of Vitamin D deficiency:
How serious is Vitamin D deficiency?
Complications of Vitamin D deficiency:
see complications of Vitamin D deficiency
What causes Vitamin D deficiency?
Causes of Vitamin D deficiency: see causes of Vitamin D deficiency
Cause of Vitamin D deficiency: More commonly caused by lack of sunlight exposure; dietary inadequacy is often unimportant if enough sunlight created vitamin D.
Risk factors for Vitamin D deficiency:
see
risk factors for Vitamin D deficiency
What are the symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency?
Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency:
see symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency
Complications of Vitamin D deficiency:
see complications of Vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Vitamin D deficiency.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Vitamin D deficiency.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Vitamin D deficiency:
see treatments for Vitamin D deficiency
Prevention of Vitamin D deficiency:
see prevention of Vitamin D deficiency
Research for Vitamin D deficiency:
see research for Vitamin D deficiency
Society issues for Vitamin D deficiency
Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin D deficiency:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Vitamin D deficiency:
- 0.0007% (88) of hospital consultant episodes were for Vitamin D deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 92% of hospital consultant episodes for Vitamin D deficiency required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 53% of hospital consultant episodes for Vitamin D deficiency were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 47% of hospital consultant episodes for Vitamin D deficiency were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital consultant episodes for Vitamin D deficiency required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for Vitamin D deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Vitamin D deficiency
Main name of condition: Vitamin D deficiency
Other names or spellings for Vitamin D deficiency:
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